09:00 REGISTRATION 10:15 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TIME 10:35 IMPACT CASE STUDY - AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN 10:55 EXIT 11:35 DARE TO DREAM TABLE 12:20 DHARAVI 13:00 LUNCH 14:30 WELCOME BACK Indian Documentary Foundation 122, Kartik Complex 14:50 PIANO FINGERS Opp. Laxmi Industrial Estate Link Road, Andheri (West) Mumbai 400053 India 15:30 METAMORPHOSIS indiandocumentaryfoundation.org Facebook: facebook.com/goodpitchindia/ 16:10 CORAL WOMAN Twitter: @GoodPitchIndia Tweet about the event with #goodpitchindia 16:50 CLOSING REMARKS Instagram: @goodpitchindia 17:00 HIGH TEA Hello & Welcome HELLO & WELCOME TO GOOD PITCH INDIA WELCOME Thank you for joining us! by the Indian Documentary Foundation campaign? Perhaps you could offer (IDF) since 2014. Over the years, we funding to a team or pro-bono services? have supported documentary films that Or unlock access to a critical network? Margaret Mead’s famous words best have gone on to become benchmarks, The possibilities are limitless. describe the people who’ve gathered inspiring real change in policies and here. “Never doubt that a small group attitudes. This year-long programme As your support is indispensable, so is of thoughtful, committed, citizens can supported by The Ford Foundation that of our collaborators. Our deepest change the world. Indeed, it is the only remains completely free to the gratitude to Arambhan Group, Whistling thing that ever has.” filmmaking teams, organizers and to the Woods International, Taj President, Sun people invited here today. & Sand Hotel, Coolabs, Grey Group, Today, you are in the company of Accord Equips, Lightcraft, Camera Corp, ood Pitch brings together documentary impassioned creative artists & media The filmmakers selected for the Spearhead Live, Pernod Ricard, Avid makers, community organizers & programme this year are exceptional Learning, and Wishberry for their time, filmmakers with foundations, NGOs, change makers, business leaders & independent storytellers who drive resources and generosity. We warmly philanthropists, educators & impact home hard truths on environmental acknowledge Kitu Gidwani’s support as campaigners, philanthropists, policy strategists, who have come together to degradation, women’s education the moderator of the event, Bina Paul envision and share how they can work & empowerment, elderly care, the for her mentorship, and all other friends G with documentary at Good Pitch. grassroots hip-hop movement, and allies who have helped us reach makers, brands and media around leading social degenerative illnesses, and transgender another milestone in this mission. Good Pitch, made by Doc Society, is rights. As the six filmmaking teams and environmental issues – to forge coalitions and a global forum that brings the world’s pitch their respective projects and best documentary filmmakers together visions, it gives you an opportunity With love from the campaigns that are good for all these partners, with leading changemakers around to imagine how you can get involved. urgent social and environmental issues. Perhaps you can make a connection to Good Pitch India team good for the films and good for society. In India, the 3rd national (Good Pitch a strategic ally or help navigate a major India) and local editions (Good Pitch institution? Maybe you see potential Karnataka) have been led and nurtured to join forces over a new or existing www.indiandocumentaryfoundation.org Partners, Hosts, Collaborators & Friends HOSTED BY THANK GLOBAL PARTNERS WITH THE COLLABORATION OF YOU FRIENDS & ALLIES EVERYONE Rules & Decorum CONTENTS RULES & Time Table_______________01 Exit____________________30 Good Pitch Global________60 DECORUM Sumira Roy Welcome to Good Pitch____02 Good Pitch Local_________62 Rules & Decorum_________07 Metamorphosis___________36 Good Pitch India__________64 Sankhajit Biswas Goals of Good Pitch_______08 Soumya Mukhopadhyay Good Pitch India Team____66 Six Great Fims____________10 Doc Society______________72 Piano Fingers____________42 Coral Woman_____________12 Megha Bhaduri Ford Foundation__________74 Priya Thuvassery Naomi Shah Anupama Mandloi Sundance Institute________76 Dare To Dream____________18 Case Study: Good Pitch Good Results__78 Ranu Ghosh An Insignificant Man_______48 Dharavi_________________24 Smriti Mundhra Jerry Henry Sonita Gale • Each filmmaking team has seven • Brief questions, advice, expertise • There are microphones at the front minutes to pitch their project and especially offers of partnership of the auditorium. If you’d like to including any time they wish to to amplify the film and outreach offer support during one of the use showing a trailer, clips or campaign are all warmly welcomed. feedback sessions, come stand photographs. next to a mic so the moderator can • Good Pitch is about making bring you into the conversation. • After each pitch, there will be connections - please do follow a feedback session of up to 30 up directly on the day with the • For those of a shyer persuasion, you minutes, led by the moderator. filmmakers taking part, or enlist should have received a postcard Feedback is welcome from help from the Good Pitch team to (I’m A Big Fan Of Your Work), which participants around the roundtable get connected. also lets you share your ideas with and from the floor. the filmmakers. Please hand over completed cards to any member of • We are looking for positive the Good Pitch team. feedback about the impact potential and engagement opportunities around the film and how it intersects with the work of the participants. Goals of Good Pitch Good Pitch 3 Good Pitch India India Goals of Goals of Good PitchGood Pitch Good Pitch 3 Good Pitch India India GOALSGOALSGOALS OF OF OF GOODGOODGOOD PITCH PITCH PITCH � FUELS � CONNECTS � Fuels the very best independent � Connects changemakers with powerful films FUELS documentary filmmaking in the world. CONNECTSthey can deploy in their work. Fuels the very best independent Connects changemakers with powerful films documentary� filmmaking in the world. they can deployCogs in their work. � FORGES Cogs BUILDS Forges new partnerships between filmmakers Builds a global ‘good’ network of filmmakers FORGESand changemakers from across civil society.BUILDS and changemakers. Forges new partnerships between filmmakers Builds a global ‘good’ network of filmmakers and changemakers from across civil society. and changemakers. � � � UNLOCKS � ENRICHES UNLOCKSUnlocks new investment and new audiencesENRICHES Enriches the lives of individuals, transforms Unlocks new investmentfor documentary and new films. audiences Enriches the lives communitiesof individuals, and transforms improves societies. for documentary films. communities and improves societies. Six Great Films CORAL WOMAN DARE TO DREAM SIX DHARAVI EXIT GREAT METAMORPHOSIS FILMS PIANO FINGERS CORAL WOMAN PRIYA THUVASSERY & ANUPAMA MANDLOI Coral Priya Thuvassery, Director Anupama Mandloi, Impact Producer Woman [email protected] [email protected] THE TEAM Priya Thuvassery Currently, she is working on a series of Anupama Mandloi is an independent marine environment protection related is a broadcast media filmmaker and a documentary films for the Environment professional with CORAL WOMAN television producer Ministry and marine research institutes sizeable experience in from Kerala, based in in India. television production, New Delhi, India. She programming and has been directing, content creation. producing as well as Her specialties are editing documentary channel launches, films & television spearheading programs for New Delhi Television, large projects with quick turnaround, live Fox Traveller, National Human Rights events and reality shows, creating brands, Commission of India, Films Division of negotiating budgets and team management. India, Public Service Broadcasting Trust. She helmed Fremantle, a television production company in India, for six years. She worked Her works include - Khanabadosh (2009), with the Girl Effect brand to build its business My Sacred Glass Bowl (2013), Survey and creative strategy for entering India. She Number zero (2016) and Coral Woman is currently the Creative Consultant with (2019). Her films have been recognized ZEE 5 and Zee Network. She debuted this with participations, mentions and best film year as an independent producer with the awards in many international and national documentary Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha film festivals. She is also recognized as a which has traveled to various film festivals Canon Cinema EOS Platinum Associate. internationally. IMPACT GOALS TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WOULD LIKE TO AT GOOD PITCH WE ARE LOOKING FOR 1. Increase awareness about 1. Educate the public and inspire 1. Create a Hope Spot on the Gulf of environmental degradation and its behaviour change through creative Mannar coast to protect and rehabilitate effect on coral bleaching. engagement strategies (i.e. video and marine life. art installations, coral-themed festivals) 2. Help Coastal Communities adopt 2. Foundations/Governments/Art environmentally friendly practices. 2. Develop educational materials on Festivals to showcase the Coral Woman corals and climate change for children. film and coral inspired art. 3. Create Youth Ambassadors who n inspiring, need of the hour It is, in fact, her love for corals that inspired Uma build a legacy for environment 3. Reach policy makers and inspire 3. Dub the film into Tamil and take it to Mani to learn to swim, dive & paint in her 50s. protection. policy change. communities along the coast to create a tale of a homemaker and grassroots